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Political Science is a science. Give arguments in favour of this statement.

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Political scholars like Bodin, Hobbes, Montesque, Brice, Laski, Fines, Bluntschli, etc. consider Political Science as a science. Famous thinker Aristotle has called it the supreme science. The main argument of the scholars who considier Political Science as a science is that Political Science is basically a social science and it has all the features of being a science. It is wrong to compare it with natural sciences. 

Following arguments can be given in favour of Political Science being a science:

  • Observation and experiments are possible. 
  • Scientific methods are used. 
  •  Presence of universally acceptable concepts. 
  • Systematic and organised study. 
  • Possible to establish cause-effect relationship.
  •  Predictions are possible.


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